Hardware/Software Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction
Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software ... - EET
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New challenges to processor providers<br />
• Cores have dramatically changed business model<br />
– Pricing models<br />
• Past<br />
– Vendors sold product as IC to designers<br />
– Designers must buy any additional copies<br />
• Could not (economically) copy from original<br />
• Today<br />
– Vendors can sell as IP<br />
– Designers can make as many copies as needed<br />
• Vendor can use different pricing models<br />
– Royalty-based model<br />
• Similar to old IC model<br />
• Designer pays for each additional model<br />
– Fixed price model<br />
• One price for IP and as many copies as needed<br />
– Many other models used<br />
Embedded Systems Design: A Unified<br />
<strong>Hardware</strong>/<strong>Software</strong> <strong>Introduction</strong>, (c) 2000 Vahid/Givargis<br />
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